Gods Heart for Healing the Sick #2

Gods Heart Healing Overview

In this powerful second installment of his series on healing, the pastor opens by revisiting the spiritual corruption described in Luke 21 and Romans 1, where nations are in perplexity without hope and God gives over those who reject Him to a reprobate mind. Yet he balances this sobering reality with the great promise of Romans 5: where sin abounds, grace abounds much more. The sermon pivots toward the authority believers carry through the name of Jesus, drawing from John 14:12-14, where Jesus declares that those who believe in Him will do greater works. The pastor unpacks what it means to pray to the Father in Jesus’ name, not merely in His name, citing John 16:23-24 and 1 John 5:14-15. He illustrates the power of that name through the healing of a blind woman over the phone, a crippled woman at a crusade in Uganda who rose from her litter walking and praising God, and the testimony of Smith Wigglesworth who prayed over a dying tuberculosis patient until glory filled the room. Acts 3, Philippians 2:5-11, and Luke 10:17-20 ground the call: believers have been given the same faith Peter used to raise the lame man, and they are commissioned to use the name above every name to bring healing to a broken world.

Gods Heart Healing Outline

• 0:00:00 – Recap of Last Week and the State of the World: The pastor revisits Luke 21 and the meaning of perplexity, nations without hope, and the reprobate mind described in Romans 1:28-31 as a framework for understanding the current age.
• 0:08:00 – Where Sin Abounds Grace Abounds More: Drawing from Romans 5, the pastor explains the paradox of increasing corruption and increasing grace, and how grace must flow through believers who have received it.
• 0:16:00 – Sowing Good Seed on Purpose: Using Jesus’ parable of the sower and the principle of Galatians 6, the pastor calls believers to intentionally plant the Word of God in their hearts and cast down evil imaginations.
• 0:26:00 – Greater Works Through the Name of Jesus: An exposition of John 14:12-14 and John 16:23-24 establishes that believers are to ask the Father in Jesus’ name and expect miracles, including the greater work of leading souls to eternal life.
• 0:36:00 – The Authority and Power of the Name of Jesus: Acts 19:11-17 and Philippians 2:5-11 reveal why the name of Jesus holds supreme authority over heaven, earth, and under the earth, and why believers must know Him personally to use His name effectively.
• 0:46:00 – Personal Testimonies of Healing: The pastor shares firsthand accounts including a blind woman healed over the phone in Upper Michigan and a lame woman who rose from a bamboo litter at a crusade in Uganda with 10,000 in attendance.
• 0:54:00 – Smith Wigglesworth and Gloria Gaither on the Name: The pastor reads from Smith Wigglesworth’s account of a tuberculosis patient raised up as the name of Jesus was spoken repeatedly, and from Gloria Gaither’s meditation on the power of that name.
• 1:02:00 – Commissioned to Use the Name: Luke 10:1-20 shows that Jesus sent out 70 ordinary disciples who returned rejoicing that demons were subject to them in His name. Believers today carry the same commission and authority.
• 1:08:00 – Doing Everything in His Name: Colossians 3:17 and Ephesians 5:20 close the message with the exhortation that every word and deed should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, keeping believers anchored in His authority daily.

Scripture References

Luke 21, Romans 1:28-31, Romans 5:20, John 14:12-14, John 16:23-24, 1 John 5:14-15, Mark 11:22-24, Acts 19:11-17, Philippians 2:5-11, Acts 3:1-8, 2 Peter 1:1, Luke 10:1-2, Luke 10:17-19, Acts 4:12, Colossians 3:17, Ephesians 5:20

Key Takeaways

• God’s will is unambiguously that the sick be healed, the blind see, the lame walk, and the deaf hear, and believers are called to act on that will in the name of Jesus.
• The name of Jesus holds authority above every name in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, meaning every demonic power is compelled to obey commands given in that name by a believer who knows Christ personally.
• Praying to the Father in the name of Jesus, not simply saying His name as a formula, is the scriptural pattern Jesus Himself commanded in John 16:23-24.
• Faith requires believing you have already received what you prayed for at the moment you pray, not waiting to see results before deciding whether healing took place.
• The greater works Jesus promised in John 14:12 surpass even physical miracles because they include leading souls into eternal life, which is the highest miracle available to believers today.
• Where sin and corruption increase in the world, grace increases even more through the church, and it is the responsibility of believers to manifest that grace rather than retreat in discouragement.
• Just as the burning bush was a dinner bell that drew Moses into an encounter with God, miraculous healings done in Jesus’ name serve as a dinner bell that draws unbelievers to investigate the living God.

Gods Heart Healing Notes

God Wants People Well and Whole

The pastor grounds the entire series in one foundational conviction: sickness, disease, and spiritual bondage are the work of the thief described in John 10:10, not the will of the Father. By His stripes we are healed, He bore our infirmities, and He came to give life abundantly. This is not a peripheral doctrine but the heartbeat of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Every healing Jesus performed was a declaration of the Father’s will. When believers understand this, asking for healing in prayer shifts from a hesitant wish to a bold covenant request backed by the finished work of the cross.

Using the Name Requires Knowing the Person

Acts 19 contains a sobering warning: the seven sons of Sceva tried to invoke the name of Jesus without a personal relationship with Him, and the demon overpowered them. The name of Jesus is not a magic formula available to anyone who repeats it. It is the legal authority granted to those who belong to Christ, who have been made righteous through His gift of righteousness. The pastor emphasizes that as believers grow in their understanding of who they are in Christ, the name begins to carry the weight it was always meant to carry in their mouths, and results follow.

Faith Speaks and Does Not Waver

From Mark 11:22-24, the pastor draws out the mechanics of mountain-moving faith: speak to the problem, do not doubt in your heart, believe you have received at the moment of prayer, and you will have what you said. He challenges the common pattern of praying for healing and then immediately searching for evidence of failure. Doubt spoken aloud after prayer cancels the confession of faith. Believers cannot speak blessing and curse from the same mouth. The mouth is a creative instrument, and what is consistently declared with conviction shapes what comes to pass in the natural realm.

A Crusade Miracle That Silenced Doubt

One of the most vivid illustrations in this sermon is the Uganda crusade account. Ten thousand people gathered in an open field at night, and after the pastor commanded healing in the name of Jesus Christ, a woman who had never walked, carried in on a blanket stretched between two bamboo poles with no muscle in her legs, leaped to her feet. She ran the full perimeter of the crowd screaming glory to Jesus. The pastor uses this account not to elevate himself but to demonstrate that the same faith and the same name available to Peter in Acts 3 is available to every believer today in any nation.

The Commission Belongs to Every Believer

Luke 10 records Jesus sending out not just the twelve apostles but seventy ordinary disciples, two by two, into cities He was about to visit. They returned declaring that even demons submitted to them in His name. Jesus told them the harvest is great but the laborers are few. The pastor applies this directly: the problem in the world today is not that God is absent or that people are too corrupt to reach. The problem is a shortage of believers willing to stand up, open their mouths, use the name of their King, and go. Every person who has given their life to Jesus Christ has been commissioned to do exactly what those seventy did.

Binding Yourself to the Name in Daily Life

The sermon closes with Colossians 3:17 and Ephesians 5:20, calling believers to do everything in word and deed in the name of the Lord Jesus and to give thanks to the Father through Him always. This is not reserved for dramatic healing moments. Every conversation, every act of service, every prayer of gratitude is an opportunity to speak the name that is above every name and to keep that authority fresh and active in daily life. The more believers build their entire existence around that name, the more naturally they will release its power when a moment of need or ministry arises.

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